Bennie Sisto, as the Trustee of Goat Island Realty Trust v. America Condominium Association, Inc.

I respectfully dissent. This is chapter two of what I consider to be an abuse of a citizen’s right to access our courts, particularly the Supreme Court. After this Court’s decision in the underlying case, Sisto v. America Condominium Association, Inc., 68 A.3d 603 (R.I.2013) (Sisto I), the emboldened defendants submitted a request for attorney’s fees to the Superior Court for a whopping $152,122.55. No explanation has been provided for this exorbitant request that subsequently was reduced to $29,748.65, again without explication. No contemporaneous billing records reflecting the actual time…